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I like the simplified syntax of this mk, anyone know why it didn't catch on?

• nsajko 3y ago
  Research Unix wasn't easily available, AFAIK Bell Labs were trying to sell it as a product, so it lost to more free alternatives. It only got open-sourced recently AFAIK, years after being abandoned.
  • ggm 3y ago
    Also, and with no implied criticism, the people involved set the bar higher to capture their mindshare. I know, because I failed the bar (amicably I might add) Which meant they cared less about "winning" in some non-valuable game of "whose code is winning" and had less irritating conversations, "no thats not how it works, no I don't have to explain this idea called the plumber to you, yes rc is very different to other shells no thats not how it works"... ad infinitum.